identity shift Archives

[Birth Story] A Nourished Pregnancy, Flowing Birth, and Jarring Postpartum

Birth Stories, Podcast, Postpartum Stories, TBPodcast

Chelsy Arnett shares with Adriana how her husband nourished her during pregnancy. She also talks about the wonders of the double-hip-squeeze during labor, why she’d push in a completely different way the next time, as well as what’s helped her get through the...

Letting Go of “Mom Guilt”

Parenting, Perinatal mental health, Podcast, Postpartum

Motherhood transition coach Stepha LaFond explains how parents can be weighed down by society’s expectations, and shares many ways for parents and parents-to-be to dismantle that “mom guilt.”* How are you dismantling what it means to be a “good mom”?...

[Best of Birthful] How to Navigate the Identity Shift of Becoming a Mom, with Sophie McEntee

Best of Birthful, Parenting, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

Welcome to the Best of Birthful. Creator and host Adriana Lozada curated and edited each selection in this playlist of the show’s most popular episodes. It’s a tailored introduction to the expansive catalog she amassed over the first five years of...

The Identity Shift of Becoming a Mom, with Sophie McEntee

Parenting, Podcast, Postpartum, TBPodcast

Have you considered what motherhood means to you, and how you are going to integrate that, with your current identity? How do you feel about the words sacrifice and devotion? Sophie McEntee is here to tell us why becoming a mom can be such a messy process, and what...